1941 Prairie View Panthers football team

The 1941 Prairie View Panthers football team was an American football team that represented Prairie View Normal and Industrial College—now known as Prairie View A&M University—as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1941 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Sam B. Taylor, the Panthers compiled an overall record of 7–1–2 with a mark of 4–0–2 in conference play, winning the SWAC title. At the SWAC winter meeting on December 13, Prairie View's title was forfeited because the Panthers had used an ineligible player, Whiteside. No conference champion is recognized for 1941.[1]

1941 Prairie View Panthers football
SWAC champion (forfeited)
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record7–1–2 (4–0–2 SWAC)
Head coach
1941 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Prairie View 4 –0 –27 –1 –2
Langston 4 –1 –19 –1 –1
Southern 4 –2 –05 –3 –1
Texas College 3 –2 –14 –2 –1
Bishop 3 –3 –03 –4 –0
Arkansas AM&N 0 –5 –11 –6 –1
Wiley 0 –5 –10 –6 –1
  • Prairie View's conference title was forfeited after the SWAC ruled at its winter meeting, on December 13, that the Panthers had used an ineligible player, Whiteside.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
October 4Texas CollegeT 7–7[2]
October 13vs. Wiley
W 32–7[3][4]
October 18Xavier (LA)*daggerPrairie View, TXW 21–6[5]
October 25at Arkansas AM&NPine Bluff, ARW 39–14[6]
November 1at Tillotson*Austin, TXW 33–0[7]
November 8BishopPrairie View, TXW 18–7[8][9]
November 22LangstonPrairie View, TXT 0–0[10]
November 29at SouthernBaton Rouge, LAW 19–7[11]
December 57:00 p.m.vs. Alabama State*Grove Hill, ALW 26–20[12][13][14]
January 1vs. Kentucky State*
L 13–19[15]

References
  1. Dixon, R. E. (December 26, 1941). "Prairie View Forfeits S. W. Grid Title for Use Of Ineligible Player". San Antonio Register. San Antonio, Texas. p. 3. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via The Portal to Texas History.
  2. "2 Upsets Note In S'west Negro Play". Tyler Morning Telegraph. Tyler, Texas. October 7, 1941. p. 7. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  3. "Wiley to Play Prairie View at Fair on Monday". The Marshall News Messenger. Marshall, Texas. October 12, 1941. p. 4. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. "Wiley Routed by Prairie View at Dallas, 32 to 7". The Marshall News Messenger. Marshall, Texas. October 14, 1941. p. 5. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. Dixon, R. E. (October 25, 1941). "Skipper's Southwest Sport-O-Graph". The Black Dispatch. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 8. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. Hudson, Harrison (November 1, 1941). "Prairie View's Snarling Panthers Mail Arkansas; Keep Clean Slate". Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 17. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. "Prairie View Rolls over Tillotson, 33-0". Sunday American-Statesman. Austin, Texas. November 2, 1941. p. 18. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  8. Dixon, R. E. (November 15, 1941). "Skipper's Southwest Sport-O-Graph". The Black Dispatch. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 8. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  9. Myers, Ivery V. (November 22, 1941). "In The News At Prairie View". Pittsburgh Courier. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 22. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  10. Welch, R. B. (November 29, 1941). "Home-Jinx Stops Langston After Reaching Prairie View 2-Yard Line". The Black Dispatch. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 8. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  11. Dixon, R. E. (December 6, 1941). "Skipper's Southwest Sport-O-Graph". The Black Dispatch. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. p. 8. Retrieved October 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  12. "Prairie View To Meet State Hornets Friday At Grove Hill". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. December 2, 1941. p. 6. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  13. "Hornets To Clash With Texas Team In Charity Tilt". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. December 5, 1941. p. 22. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  14. "Negro Game Success; Texas Eleven Wins". The Clarke County Democrat. Grove Hill, Alabama. December 11, 1941. p. 1. Retrieved October 27, 2022 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  15. Victor K. Perry (January 3, 1942). "Kentucky State Win Pleasing". The Courier-Journal (Louisville, Kentucky). p. 15. Retrieved March 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.open access
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